Word: rates
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...This disintegration is brought about largely by the rising divorce rate and increasing industrialism, as well as the present attitudes toward sex," Gezork stated. He concluded the issue by saying that even sociologists are not sure the situation will improve...
Rent in all but three dormitories will be hiked ten percent, and janitor service will be curtailed in the low rate buildings...
...Citation rate with wonder horses of the past? This week Handicapper Plaut pored over his form charts for 1920-Man o' War's big year-and came up with a 1920 Yardstick. Said he, reverently: "There never was a year like it." Plaut put a staggering 144 lbs. on the late, great "Big Red" (then came John P. Grier, 126; On Watch, 123; Upset, 122; Wildair...
...industry grew fast, but Love's company grew faster. He kept buying small new plants (he now has 81), thus kept abreast of the industry's improvements without too big an outlay. Rayon's recent rate of growth has far exceeded both wool and cotton. Since 1940 the rayon industry has grown 238%, Burlington's sales have risen...
...reported, manufacturers' sales had taken more than seasonal drops, and inventories had jumped by $400 million, about twice the seasonal increase. Unemployment was still on the rise. The Bureau of the Census reported an estimated total of 3,200,000 jobless in February, highest since 1942. But the rate of increase had slowed up. New claims for unemployment compensation have dropped sharply in the last month. And there were still more people working than in any other February in U.S. history...